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Word: defenders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from his old job as conductor for her opera recordings and the old man is finding that other singers are now mysteriously unable to sing under him. Says he: "She is like a devil with evil instincts." Says La Callas: "I understand hate; I respect revenge. You have to defend yourself. You have to be strong, very, very strong. That's what makes you have fights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Prima Donna | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...generally excellent fight to defend these principles against the attackers, a serious issue was largely overlooked. Immediate problems were solved, and men's jobs protected, but little precaution was taken that the same sort of rampant fear and distrust would not once again sweep the country, and that the fights might not have to be fought again...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: ACLU Asks Academic Freedoms For Students | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

...highprincipled to let anything illegal alone. So Bootlegger Tallant fights him. His weapon: Beckwith Dozer, a Negro stubborn enough to demand his "rights" and supple enough to let the embattled white men think they are using him. Tallant intends only to discredit the sheriff by forcing him to defend an "uppity" Negro. But the design gets out of hand when Tallant is shot by a shady associate. Dozer is suspected, and Sheriff Harper, trying to drive Dozer to safety in the next county, is killed when a slashed front tire blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trouble at Lacey | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

Donald P. Hodel '57, president of the Harvard Young Republicans and William R. Cottor '58, president of the Harvard Young Democrats, will defend the merits of President Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson tonight. Argument begins at 8 at the Newton College of the Sacred Heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YRC-YDC Debate | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...Cypriot hailed the exiled Archbishop Makarios as "the most moderate representative" of Cypriot claims. He cited Britain's hypocrisy with regard to the Cypriot base, exclaiming, "You cannot defend freedom by denying freedom to the base you are going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cypriot Maintains U.S. Must Uphold Island Freedom | 10/10/1956 | See Source »

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